wrote the crime bill, put 100,000 cops on the street, wrote the violence against women act, which john mccain voted against both of them, was the catalyst to change the circumstance in bosnia, led by president clinton, obviously. look, i understand what it's like to be a single parent. when my wife and daughter died and my two sons were gravely injured, i understand what it's like as a parent to wonder what it's like if your kid's going to make it. i understand what it's like to sit around the kitchen table with a father who says, "i've got to leave, champ, because there's no jobs here. i got to head down to wilmington. and when we get enough money, honey, we'll bring you down." i understand what it's like. i'm much better off than almost all americans now. i get a good salary with the united states senate. i live in a beautiful house that's my total investment that i have. so i -- i am much better off now. but the notion that somehow, because i'm a man, i don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, i don't know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to -- is go